D40 Vs D5000

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D5000 Vs The Great D40

somepeople wanted to buy a more expensive D5000, than D40. i tell you what, D5000 is basically just a D40 that has a rotate LCD on back. some people wanted to buy the more expensive, without many significant changes. Personally I prefer Nikon's least expensive D40 over the D60 or D40x. The D5000 and D40 are actually exactly the same cameras, differering only slightly in their internal electronics, but differing greatly in their prices.

The D5000 is an excellent camera, but for most of the people who will buy it, it's the same thing as the $500 less expensive D40. I'd suggest getting a D40 and putting the $500 towards more lenses and/or a bouncable flash.

This is too bad, since this is all crammed inside a basic D40 body (it uses the same battery) with the D40's internal mechanics, AFS-only autofocus driver system, limited external controls and smaller mirror-prism viewfinder, but retains most of the price of the D90. The D5000 has an LCD screen that swivels, but otherwise is more similar to the D40 screen than the D90 screen.

Nikon D5000 with the "rotate screen"

more than the D40, but costs twice as much. I'd get the D40, or go the short rest of the way to the far superior D90.

I'd suggest the D90 for anyone looking to spend more than the $450 of the D40. If you don't want to go for the D90, stick with the D40 and save your money, or use it to get the excellent SB-400 flash and wonderful 35mm f/1.8 lens. I use these on my D40 all the time and love them.

Nikkor 35mm F/1.8 ($199)

if you still wanted to buy camera except the great D40, i suggest to buy tha Nikon D90 instead, than D5000, neither D60 neither D3000.Why? it's because it does have a gear that makes you could use old Nikkor lenses with an autofocus and automettering also.

The only real difference among the D40, D40x, D60 and D5000 is which image sensor it has. I have no problem making great 20x30" (50 x 75cm) prints from my D40, so I don't worry about 12 MP versus 6MP. 6 MP is enough for anything.

The D5000 can record video and mono sound as a goof, but any camcorder gives much better moving picture and sound quality. The Nikon D5000 has relatively poor video and audio quality, and can't focus while you shoot. Just buy a camcorder if you want video.

Once you have the skill to elicit great photos from one camera, you can get them from any camera.

The D5000 is a wonderful camera, but I prefer the D90's ergonomic masterpiece of programming of its POWER, INFO and FUNC buttons so I can shoot the D90 single-handed

Source : Kenrockwell